Militants and Chiefs Clash in Oklahoma Indian Dispute
In Oklahoma City militants and established tribal chiefs confronted each other over Indian education funds and BIA actions. J. W. Belvin, Choctaw Principal Chief, was nearly toppled on stage by Carter Camp of the Pawnee, while Louis R. Bruce, federal Indian affairs commissioner, urged calm after a day of private meetings and a Pawnee BIA stand‑off.
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Oklahoma City
The
Louis R. Bruce
U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs
J. W. Belvin
Carter Camp
Belvin
Bruce
Washington
Camp
Overton James
Indian Education
James
Chickasaws
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Pawnee
Okla
JOM
Oklahoma
Pawnee Bia
Jim
Hale
Jim Thomas
Thomas
Del City Blast Probed After Fire Injures Firefighters
Del City Oklahoma fire marshal's office continues investigation into a blast and fire on Southeast 29th Street that injured five firefighters one police officer and caused multiple burns and lacerations. Authorities suspect dynamite or nitroglycerin.
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del City
Okla
Clyde Reeves and Sons
Joe D. Hayes
Midwest City Hospital
29Th Street
Oklahoma City
Tommy J. Tolnson
Ward Summitt
Larry Osmond
Mercy Hospital
Gene Methvin
Larry Rickey
Mercy
Undersheriff F R Heck Charged In Arson Case
Coal County undersheriff F R Heck has been suspended after arson charges filed in district court. He posted $2000 bond after a hearing before Associate District Court Judge Dennis Pettis, and pleaded not guilty requesting a preliminary hearing. Two arson counts are tied to fires at Sentrahoma in 1971 and Lehigh Dance Hall in Lehigh on May 1. A preliminary hearing date has not been set.
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Coalgate
Okla
Coal County
F. R. Heck
Heck
Dennis Pettis
Jule Payne
Sentrahoma
Lehigh
Pettis
Bartlett To Hold Area Meetings in Lawton and Tulsa
Former Gov. Dewey Bartlett, Republican Senate candidate, arrives this afternoon for meetings with Republican headquarters visit in Lawton. He and Farmers Home Administration administrator Jim Smith will attend a Friday 7 a.m. fundraising breakfast at the Holiday Inn. A three hour handshaking tour includes Chickasha and Tulsa, with a Saturday rally at the Fair Grounds Beef Barn in Tulsa.
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Dewey Bartlett
U.S. Senate
Bartlett
Lawton
Farmers Home Administration
Jim Smith
Holiday Inn
Chickasha
Tulsa
Fairgrounds
Youth Heroine Leads French Victory and Crown Claim
A seventeen year old Joan of Arc defeats the English forces led by King Henry VI and secures a crown for France under Charles VI, shaping the course of the Hundred Years War.
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Joan of Arc
England
Henry VI
France
Charles VI
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